Mason was diagnosed with Leukemia in January of 2018. His symptoms started with him being lethargic but I chalked it up to him being a daddy’s boy and just wanting to lay around with dad. Then, I noticed his color was off and I mentioned it to my friend – he agreed. The next day, I was at work and my husband called to say Mason had a 106-degree fever. I told my husband to get him to the hospital immediately!
After a few hours, they transferred us to Miller Children’s Hospital where it was confirmed he had Leukemia. I think the hardest part was telling his sister. He was almost 3 when he was diagnosed in 2018. He had a few inpatient stays but for the most part, it was smooth sailing until the summer of 2020.
Mason had one of his kidneys removed at one so they’d been trying to make sure no damage was done to the remaining kidney. Well, he ended up getting a virus in that kidney that made it hard for them to continue chemo. They decided to try and save the kidney and stop chemotherapy. They felt confident in stopping it because most countries were now doing two years of treatment for boys as opposed to the usual three years. He had over two years completed.
He finished treatment early and we just hope he doesn’t relapse. So far so good. He’s a normal crazy 6-year-old boy running around non-stop. He’s pretty amazing!
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